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NEW DELHI: Sheila Dikshit , three-time CM of Delhi, has weathered quite a few political storms in her career. But Sunday dealt her a blow that few had predicted — she was humbled in New Delhi constituency, her borough for 15 years, by debutant Arvind Kejriwal . What was shocking was the margin of her defeat — 25,864 votes! It is almost the same as her margin of victory of two elections in 2003 and 2008 put together. Even in her victory Dikshit had never polled as many votes as Kejriwal who got 44,269 votes this time.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Minister Sheila Dikshit today admitted Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party has drawn people's attention but expressed doubts whether it will translate into votes in coming assembly polls . Dikshit, who is leading Congress' campaign for a fourth successive victory in the polls, descibed AAP as a "new entrant" in the electoral battle and said the main fight will be between Congress and BJP. "It is a...

NEW DELHI: Seeking a record fourth term in office, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today questioned the source of funding of Arvind Kejriwal's AAP - a new force in the city's political scene - whose main election plank is to check corruption. Launching a counter-offensive on AAP, Dikshit lambasted it for making baseless allegations against her government and trying to paint everybody with the "same brush" and questioned its credibility as a political party. "Where do you (AAP)

NEW DELHI: Don't lose heart. That seems to be chief minister Sheila Dikshit's assurance to budget-battered Delhiites. " If people come under pressure, we are open to reviewing the situation," the CM told Times City after finance minister AK Walia presented the budget on Monday. She said: " Delhi Government has always been there for the people of the city. Whenever there is a crisis, we intervene. I hope the decisions taken in the budget won't put pressure on Delhiites.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today accused BJP of making "unbelievable" promises to win people's support and asked people to vote for Congress to ensure continuity of development agenda. "The big promises are not enough to win the heart of voters. The BJP is making unbelievable promises. The party says it will bring down rates of vegetables. Do they not know that prices of these seasonal vegetables are already going down?" she said. Earlier today, the BJP in its manifesto promised reduction in prices of onions and tomatoes within thirty days of coming to power.

NEW DELHI: It seems that history might just repeat itself. Onions had brought tears for the BJP government in Delhi way back in the 1998 assembly elections. Now it has the potential to do the same for the Congress government in Delhi. Onion prices in Delhi in last one month have increased by more than 100 per cent. In September onions were sold in the retail market for Rs 8-10 a kg, and now it has spiralled to Rs 18-20 a kg. "The spurt in prices could be due to onions being under the OGL category, with exports having a significant impact on domestic supplies.

NEW DELHI: What BJP government has been doing in last seven months is "frightening", says former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit referring to the way it was adopting the ordinance route and the "communal atmosphere" in the country. She also admitted that her party had during the last assembly election "underestimated" AAP, which had decimated Congress after a 15-year rule in the national capital. Holding BJP responsible for the "communal atmosphere" in the country, the 76-year-old senior Congress leader said programmes such as "Ghar Wapsi' and other activities of certain right-wing outfits have sparked tension among minorities which was "extremely worrying".

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal today attacked the Sheila Dikshit government alleging that it was pursuing "anti-people" policies by increasing prices of electricity, water and gas at regular intervals. Addressing a public meeting here, he also alleged that Dikshit was acting as a "broker" for power distribution companies. "Chief minister Sheila Dikshit wrote a letter to Delhi Regulatory commission asking not to reduce electricity tariff in Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Losing power after 15 years as Delhi's Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit is undecided about her future, saying that she has not made up her mind for anything as she was still absorbing her defeat. "I am not making any commitments either to myself or to anybody else. Let us see how it goes," she told PTI in an interview. Asked if she saw a role for herself in Delhi politics or she would move on to the national stage, the 75-year-old Congress veteran replied, "No, I will sit at home, start packing up". There was no chance just now for doing anything in Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said Rahul Gandhi could have used "some other words" to criticise the ordinance on convicted law makers . Dikshit stated this during a programme on India TV when she was asked about Rahul's criticism of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet that the ordinance was "complete nonsense". "You can say this that may be some other words could have been used but what he (Rahul) reflected was something all of us were feeling," she said.